I've made a few minor adjustments since the last post––I feathered out the shadows and steam to minimize rough edges and also added a few cast shadows to create more of a spatial environment. The last thing I would be interested in doing, would be to add a swatch of newspaper print to the cover of the newspaper. I've played around with this but haven't been pleased with the results, so I may leave it as is for now.

 

 I am happy with the progression of this image. I think that the compositional changes of this piece and the addition of key elements––the coffee cup, newspaper, and the steam are working to help unite the piece and make my concept more visually sound.

In my most recent development of this piece, I have departed from the more abstracted, flat design of the pneumatic tubes/french press composition posted earlier and am now trying to create more of a space and environment out of the composition. I've placed a coffee cup and a newspaper in the foreground and am playing around with text on the newspaper, though none of this is resolved at this point. To play with perspective and to recall the original imagery I was working with, I am developing the pneumatic tubes receding into the background and eventually, these delivery tubes will turn into french presses as they had in my earlier work. I think that with this process and development I am creating more of an understandable space, but am still working to incorporate the same visual elements of line, shadow, and repetition of pattern that I had in more earlier piece.

making..progress. continuing to learn and work with the Illustrator tools and beginning to see a composition form through my imagery. I think I like the confusing space and the repetition of patterns created here, but I need to figure out what objects are really central to the concept/composition and which might be superfluous. 

Continuing to develop and add definition to the images. Working with vectors and with gradient fill. Adding layers and trying to push and pull different aspects of the composition so that the french press imagery is prominent yet integrated.